Best Joreth Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 17: Pervertibles part 2 57:41

1M ago57:41

57:41

We’re back, after an extended absence. In November of 2022, Franklin’s mom was diagnosed with cancer, so he spant the next year flying back and forth between Portland and Florida to help his dad care for her. Toward the end of her life, she required round-the-clock care, so this podcast ended up being put on hold. She died last December. We have se…

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Episode 16: Pervertibles, part 1 47:07

8M ago47:07

47:07

In part 1 of another 2-parter, we explore the wide whacky world of pervertibles! What are pervertibles? They’re anything with an ordinary, innocuous purpose that can be pressed into service as sex toys. Wooden spoons? Great for paddling! Chip clips? They reseal plastic bags to keep your potato chips (crisps for you Brits) fresh, but also make excel…

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Episode 15: Asexuality! 32:44

9M ago32:44

32:44

It's been a while, but we're back, with a new episode about asexuality! Well, a sort of new episode. This episode was up briefly, but the audio was garbled, so we've fixed the problem and it's back. Anyway, in this episode, we talk about the many flavors of asexuality. We chat with Kitty about the broad range of attitudes, drives, and behaviors tha…

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Episode 14: 50 Shades of Terrible Negotiation 1:12:46

1+ y ago1:12:46

1:12:46

In this episode, we’re doing something new. Eunice and Franklin have never read or seen 50 Shades of Grey, so Joreth reads it to us as we record our reactions in real time. Specifically, Joreth reads us the scene where Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele negotiate their BDSM relationship, noteworthy in the annals of erotic fiction because Christian…

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Episode 13: Sex Work Across Cultures 36:11

1+ y ago36:11

36:11

How is sex work like that guy in Mad Max: Fury Road who rode into combat playing a flamethrowing guitar? We talk about that in this episode of The Skeptical Pervert! This episode was delayed by a misadventure with COVID-19 and a hard drive crash. but it takes more than that to keep us down. In this episode, we examine how the concept of 'sex work' …

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Episode 12: Sex Work Through History Part 2 30:57

1+ y ago30:57

30:57

Welcome, fans! After delays caused by a hard drive crash and COVID, we're back (at last!) with the second of the two-part look at sex work through history. In this episode, we chat about the Winchester Geese, a group of sex workers managed by the Bishop of Winchester, and muse about several historical sex worker philanthropists who seemed a lot mor…

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Episode 11: Sex Work Through History 25:46

2y ago25:46

25:46

Sex work: Mankind's oldest profession, right? Today we continue our series on sex work by looking at sex work (and some of the common myths and misperceptions about sex work) throughout recorded history. The history of sex as a profession is complex, and many of the things you might believe about it turn out not to have much of a historical basis. …

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Episode 10: What is Sex Work with Andrew 53:13

2y ago53:13

53:13

What "counts" as sex work? When you hear the words "sex work," what image does that bring up in your mind? In this episode, we discuss forms of sex work that most people don't think about when they think "sex work," and we talk to "Andrew," a former male sex worker. Andrew (not his real name) has some insights to offer about the differences between…

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Episode 9: OnlyFans with Mistress Ivy 46:27

2y ago46:27

46:27

In this episode, we talk about online sex work, the weird OnlyFans bump in the road where they threatened to ban sex workers and then backed down, and we interview Mistress Ivy, one of the top OnlyFans earners, about online sex work. Along the way, we talk about everything from NFTs to the unexpected effects of laws that try to "protect" sex worker…

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Episode 8: Sex Ed with Ms. Ashley (Part 2) 40:52

2y ago40:52

40:52

This episode brings you the second of the two-part interview with sex educator and activist Ms. Ashley about evidence-based, factual sex education. In this far-ranging conversation, we talk about sexual health, being the person your kids feel safe talking to, myths about sex, how to handle questions about sex, and values-based vs. evidence-based ed…

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Episode 7: Sex Ed with Ms. Ashley (Part 1) 43:42

2y ago43:42

43:42

In this episode, we bring you the first part of a two-part interview with sex educator and sex-positive activist Ms. Ashley, as we talk about the value of evidence-based, scientifically accurate sexual education. Ms. Ashley is a sex educator who teaches an adaptation of the Our Whole Lives curriculum. In part 1 of our interview, we discuss the vari…

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Episode 6: Understanding Libido 39:58

2y ago39:58

39:58

In this episode, we look at the book Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski, and discuss the idea that libido isn't a simple drive toward sex, but rather a combination of "accelerators" and "brakes" that either drive us toward sexual engagement or inhibit sexual desire. We also take the accele…

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Episode 5: Diversity in the Age of a Pandemic 31:34

2+ y ago31:34

31:34

In this episode, part of our mini-series of sex during a global plague, we take a skeptical look at a paper published in the journal Leisure Sciences called “Less Sex, but More Sexual Diversity: Changes in Sexual Behavior during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic.” Along the way, we talk about the null hypothesis, the scientific method, and evaluati…

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Episode 4: Sex in the Time of Pandemic: SexTech 38:07

2+ y ago38:07

38:07

In part 2 of our Sex in a Pandemic miniseries, we take a look at...sex tech! How does it change sexual connections in an era of social distancing? What does it mean going forward?

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Episode 3: Sex in a Pandemic 27:11

2+ y ago27:11

27:11

So you may have noticed there's a global plague happening right now. In the first part of a series on sex in the time of a pandemic, we look at how the age of COVID can affect people's sex lives.

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Episode 2: Aphrodisiacs 37:25

2+ y ago37:25

37:25

Aphrodisiacs! What are they? Are they real? Is there, in fact, something you can take to make you horny? In this episode, we explore aphrodisiacs, the mythology around them, the scientific evidence (spoiler: every food or supplement that's been tested in double-blind studies has failed), and the new class of melanocortin-agonist aphrodisiac drugs.…

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Episode 1: Intro 17:56

2+ y ago17:56

17:56

Good day, and welcome to our show, eh? In this episode, we introduce the Skeptical Pervert podcast. Who are we, and what is this all about? What do we mean when we say we take a rational approach to human sexuality? In this episode, meet your hosts Franklin, Joreth, and Eunice, and find out a little bit about what we're trying to do!…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 50: 3 (Drei) 6:03

4y ago6:03

6:03

Yet another movie named "3" - will this one have some polyamory in it? Or will it be another cheating film? Joreth reviews the German film Drei, or 3, for polyamorous content.By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 49: Something About Sex 10:27

4y ago10:27

10:27

3 couples struggle with the definitions of monogamy and fidelity, after some "insight" from Jason Alexander. Joreth reviews this film to see if any ethical non-monogamy could possibly come out of it at all.By Joreth Innkeeper

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Episode 48 - Three 4:48

4y ago4:48

4:48

There are so many movies called "Three"! Is this one that actually has polyamory in it? Is there really an FMF triad like on the cover? Are any of the characters polyamorous? Or is this just another cheating cautionary tale or threesome gone wrong story? Joreth reviews this particular "Three" to find out!…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 47: Bandits 4:09

4y ago4:09

4:09

Can a movie with blockbuster names be a poly movie? Joreth reviews Bandits with Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchet to see if there is any polyamory in this star-studded film.By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 46: The Blood Oranges 5:04

5y ago5:04

5:04

Can a movie set in the '60s and filmed in the '90s really feature a polyamorous quad? Joreth reviews The Blood Oranges for a little-seen poly structure to see if there is any polyamory in it at all. "Husband and wife Cyril and Fiona explore new ground and new relationships when they take a vacation in the tropics. While on holiday, the pair meets a…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 45: The Unbearable Lightness Of Being 9:56

5y ago9:56

9:56

How well does this particular fan recommendation hold up to Joreth's poly critique? Sometimes I think that maybe I'm actually speaking a different language from everyone else, and maybe I have some kind of universal translator or babelfish so that I can't tell, but that the translator is buggy or slightly off in some ways. Because people don't seem…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 44: She's Gotta Have It (movie) 3:45

5y ago3:45

3:45

Can Spike Lee's inaugural film really be a poly movie as everyone claims? Joreth watches this groundbreaking movie to find out! There's something about student films and classic French movies that just do not work for me. Maybe it's the penchant for black and white even in a color era, or maybe it's the frequent complete lack of musical score or so…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 43: The Mentalist 13:16

5+ y ago13:16

13:16

Polyamory in the wild? Can a TV show that isn't about polyamory at all really have an episode with polyamorous characters in an open marriage and treat the subject well? Joreth reviews an episode of The Mentalist to find out!By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 42: Family 3:17

5+ y ago3:17

3:17

Can a web series about a poly triad really be about polyamory? Yeah, it probably is. Joreth reviews the show Family, a creative endeavor by Teresa Greenan, a polyamorous filmmaker based out of Portland, OR.By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 41: Le Bonheur 11:05

5+ y ago11:05

11:05

Ah, French ... the culture of love! Where "alternative" relationship structures are not frowned upon and the people understand the power of passion! Or do they? Joreth reviews a movie filmed in the Swingin' '60s on recommendation from a listener, to see if there is any polyamory or ethical non-monogamy in this film made during a time of exploration…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 40: Keeping The Faith 9:31

5+ y ago9:31

9:31

A priest and a rabbi walk into an airport ... to meet their childhood best friend, a tomboy who has grown up into a beautiful, intelligent, independent, CEO. As she visits her hometown and her two best friends, the men struggle with their growing romantic feelings for the same woman. Could this really be a tale of polyamory, snuck into mainstream c…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 39: A Strange Affair 7:08

5+ y ago7:08

7:08

Can a made-for-tv movie about a broken marriage have polyamorous content in it? Joreth reviews this Judith Light film to see if there is any polyamory in a low-budget, '80s flick. The Netflix summary reads: "Judith Light stars in this sexy made-for-TV drama about a married woman who discovers that her husband of 23 years has been unfaithful. Just a…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 38: Fling 8:09

5+ y ago8:09

8:09

Can a mainstream movie about an "open marriage" really have some polyamory in it? Joreth reviews the movie Fling, starring Brandon Routh, Steve Sandvoss, and Courtney Ford, to answer that very question.By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 37: Esmeralda Comes By Night 6:40

6y ago6:40

6:40

Can a movie about a woman charged with bigamy on the day of her 6th wedding really be about polyamory? Joreth reviews this quirky Spanish film that challenges the standard narrative of a man and his harem, and questions everything a conservative judge ever thought he knew about love and relationships.…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 36: Sleep With Me 8:03

6y ago8:03

8:03

Sleep With Me promises "raucous laughter" and sexy fun times with sexy Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, and Craig Sheffer, but does it deliver? Joreth reviews this "romantic comedy" for polyamory, romance, and comedy.By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 35: Rita, Sue, & Bob Too 11:02

6y ago11:02

11:02

Rita, Sue, & Bob Too! was hailed as a landmark comedy in the '80s in Britain, and also passed around polyamorous online groups as a poly film. But is it? Is it both? One or the other? Neither? Joreth reviews this wildly acclaimed movie for any hint of polyamory, open relationships, or consensual and ethical non-monogamy to see if it lives up to the…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 34: Blow Dry 15:04

6y ago15:04

15:04

Could Alan Rickman possibly have started in a poly movie?! Joreth reviews this unusual film to see if a happy polyamorous V or triad family can be found among the backstabbing, vicious world of competitive hair styling.By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 33: Sex Monster 16:42

6y ago16:42

16:42

This movie occasionally gets mentioned in discussions of poly movies. But is it? Joreth reviews Sex Monster for traces of an open marriage, triads, or any polyamory.

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 32: Lutine 17:02

6+ y ago17:02

17:02

New(ish) polyamory mockumentary, Lutine, gets Joreth's special coverage to see if it's really polyamorous! Does this French fictional documentary do poly justice, or does it stick with the same old, tired, "opening up" stories and open marriages?

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 31: Shortbus 2:10

6+ y ago2:10

2:10

Is the indie film Shortbus really a poly film? This movie claims to have it all - alternative sexuality, BDSM, polyamory, consensual & ethical non-monogamy, swinging, "free love", and more.By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 30: Kiss Me Again 15:18

6+ y ago15:18

15:18

Can a movie that actually describes itself as a "cautionary tale" make the Polyish Movie List? Joreth watches Kiss Me Again to see if this couple can open up their marriage to a bisexual women into a happy polyamorous triad, or is it yet another case of bad Unicorn Hunting?By Joreth Innkeeper

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 29: Professor Marston & The Wonder Women 1:05:23

6+ y ago1:05:23

1:05:23

Sex! BDSM! Bisexuality! Comic books! Joreth checks out what all the hubbub is about the new biopic, Professor Marston & The Wonder Women, in theaters right now! Here's your chance to check out a polyamorous movie on the big screen.

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 28: Story of O 10:52

6+ y ago10:52

10:52

Is the popular adult film, The Story of O, really a poly movie as so many people claim? Joreth takes one for the team and watches this erotic film to scour it for polyamory.

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 27: Amelia 13:37

6+ y ago13:37

13:37

Was Amelia Earhart really polyamorous? Joreth reviews the 2009 movie with Hilary Swank to see what this version of the story has to say about it.

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 26: The Wedding Banquet 19:54

7y ago19:54

19:54

Can a marriage of convenience turn into a happy polyamorous triad? Joreth reviews the Wedding Banquet about a gay man, his lover, his green-card wife, and his very traditional Chinese parents to answer this question.

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 25: A Woman Is A Woman 11:14

7y ago11:14

11:14

Joreth takes another foray into the world of independent, foreign films from the '60s. From the era of Free Love, can this be a long lost poly movie? Joreth reviews movies for poly or polyamorous content looking for stories of open relationships, open marriage, ethical non-monogamy, triads, quads, vees, networks, polycules, and anything else relate…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 24: Trois 15:37

7y ago15:37

15:37

A movie with the number 3 in the title can't be all bad can it? Joreth reviews Trois, a Netflix recommendation about a unicorn-hunting threesome. Sardonic use of casual ableist language & possibly sex-negative sex worker language intending to mock the sorts of writers who use "crazy" as a scapegoat and their poor depiction of mental illness as well…

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 23: Same Time, Next Year 10:12

7y ago10:12

10:12

Could there be polyamorous content in this classic play-turned-film from 1978? Joreth reviews one of the more successful screen adaptations of a stage play as a possible polyish movie.

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 22: Whatever Works 7:03

7y ago7:03

7:03

Can Woody Allen handle polyamory? Joreth reviews Whatever Works for a polyamorous sub-plot of a ménage à trois triad or a "household of three".

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 21: Portrait Of A Marriage 15:35

7y ago15:35

15:35

Joreth reviews the BBC bio-drama of the turbulent relationship between writer Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel and the effect on their families.

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 20: Summer Lovers 3:37

7+ y ago3:37

3:37

Joreth reviews a classic film of exploration starring Darryl Hannah.

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 19: Y Tu Mama Tambien 5:50

7+ y ago5:50

5:50

The popular, award-winning Mexican film, Y Tu Mama Tambien, often gets a mention in poly movie lists, but is it really? Joreth reviews it to find out!

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Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 18: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend 15:29

7+ y ago15:29

15:29

Does Netflix' suggestions get it right? Joreth reviews a movie called My Girlfriend's Boyfriend on the recommendation of a computer algorithm based on prior movies watched.

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